“We have witnessed an attack on democracy by violent insurgents, incited by the incumbent president and other politicians,” CBC News quoted him as saying.

He also called the events in the American capital depressing, and expressed confidence that no one will be able to resist the will of the country's population.

Earlier it was reported that the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said that she discussed with the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milli, options for limiting the ability of incumbent President Donald Trump to issue orders to launch a nuclear strike or start hostilities.